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Cyfrwng 2011: International Conference on Media and Culture in Small Nations
Opened by the First Minister of Wales
The Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM
· Location: The Atrium, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff CF24 2FN
· Date: 16-17 June 2011
· Registration: £120 (full); £85 (student); £75 (day)
· Website: www.cyfrwng.com
Cyfrwng is one of Europe’s leading conferences for television, film, radio, new media, journalism, theatre and performance studies. Aimed at academics, postgraduate students and media industry professionals, this year’s conference takes international perspective on media and culture in small nations with speakers from New Zealand, Catalonia, the Basque Country, Denmark, Iceland and Belgium, as well as Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Keynotes:
· John Newbigin (Creative England): “Size doesn’t matter: how small nations win in the global creative economy”
· John Hill (Royal Holloway): “The national and the transnational, or Ken Loach goes to Scotland and Ireland”
· Nadine Holdsworth (Warwick University): “Contemporary theatrical interventions in the theatre of small nations”
· Chris Williams (Swansea University): “Hywl and hiraeth: Richard Burton and Wales”
Other highlights include:
· Roundtable on the future of S4C
· Presentation on BBC drama production in Wales
· Industry panel on new media in small nations
· Q&A with Welsh film-director Marc Evans
· Conference Dinner and Cyfrwng Award Ceremony
Visit the conference website (www.cyfrwng.com) for a programme and more information or phone + 44 (0)1443 482002
Organised by the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations
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